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E. RBTORNAT'. UMBRELLA 0R PARASQL. No. 852,781. Patented Nov. 18, 1888.

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' E. RETORNAT.

UMBRELLA 0R PARASOL.

No. 352,781 Patented Nov. 16, '1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

ERNEST RETORNAT, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO EDMIJND WRIGHT, JOSEPH yWRIGHT, CHARLES S. HOWE, AND GEORGE T. MOXEY, OF PHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND HARRIS FILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.v

. UNIBRELLA OR PARASOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.352,781,`dated November 16, 1886.V

Application ined July s, iste. serial No. 201,413. No moai.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ERNEs'r RETORNAT, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing in Pars, France, have invented certain Im prove- 5 ments in Umbrellas or Parasols, of which the following is a specification.

' rIhe object of 'my invention is to provide an acceptable substitute for the usual bent-wire runner-retainer, such as is now used on um- 1o brellas and parasols.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is a side view, partly'in section, of part of an umbrella or parasol illustrating myinvention, the ribs being closed and the tips retained by 15 the tip-cup; Fig. 2, a similar view .showing the tips released; Fig. 3, a View showing the Figs. 7 and 8 perspective views of theA retainers.,`

A represents part of the stick of an umzf brella or parasol, B B portions of the ribs of the s arne, and D D portions of the stretchers, the latter being hung at the lower ends, as usual, to the notched and grooved flange at the upper end of a runner, F, which is inthe 3o form ot' a tube free to slide on the stick, this tube being retained in the elevated position s hown in Fig. 4 by means of a retainer, G, and in the depressed position shown in Figs.

l and 2 by means of a retainer, H. Usually 3 5 these retainers are made of a piece of wire prop erly bent and secured to the stick at one'end.

In place of these bent wires I use sheet-metal strips, which may be punched from thin plates of sheet metal by dies of suitable shape.

4o Each retainer has a stern or shank, a, with bent end b, forming a spur, which-is driven into the stick, in order to`secure the retainer thereto, the stern a being elastic, and being expanded at the oppositeend so as to project be- 4 5 yond the face ot' the stick, in order to engage with the runner.

The upper retainer,G,(shown in Fig. 4,) supports the runner by bearing against the lower f end of the same in the usual manner; but the lower retainer has a recess, d, whichreceivesv 5o .l vthe flange at the upper end of the runner when the latter is depressed. Both retainers have slots f for the reception of transverse pins g, driven through the stick, and serving to limitV both the inward and outward movement of the 5 5 retainer. l l

The retainer may be depressedv by the thumb, in order to release the runner from the control ofthe same, in the usual manner; butI prefer to use for this purposeatube, J, sliding on the 6o runner and acting upon that portion of theretainer which projects beyond the stick, so that the retainer may be depressed by a simple movement of the slide in the same direction las but in advance of the movement of the 65 runner necessary to open or close the umbrella i or parasol, that portion of the expanded head of the stem upon which the slide acts being beveled, as shown, in order to insure the depression of the retainer by the longitudinal 7o movement of the slide. y

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the sliding -tube J is cupped, at the lower end to form a tip-retainer, K, the slide -being first drawnv downward inorder to release the tips, as shown 7 5 in Fig. 2, and then pushed upward in order to depress the retainer prior to the upward movement of the runner, as in Fig. 3, the cup also serving to depress the upper retainer on the `downward movement of the slide when it is 8o notched for eng ;agement with aslotted runner, 9o

instead of retaining the runner by contact with the lower edge of the same, as in Fig.l 4.

My improved retainer `is stronger and generally more acceptable than the usual bentwire retainer, fand said improved retainer can 95 be manufactured as rapidly and cheaply as a wire retainer, the latter having to be bent into proper form, while my improved retainer, with n its holding-spur and slot for the stoppin, can end, and at the opposite end an enlarged head be punched from a sheet of metal at one operfor engagement with the runner, said head ation. having a slot for the reception of the stop-pin,

I do not claim, broadly, a runnenretainer all substantially as specified. I5

5 made of sheet metal, as this has been hereto- In testimony Whereoflhave signed myname fore proposed; but to this specification in the presence of two sub- I claim as my invention- I scribing witnesses.

The combination of the stick having a trans- ERNEST RETORNAT. verse stop-pin with a runnenretaner, consist- Vitnesses:

1o ing of a strip of sheet metal having an elastic PH. FLISCHMANN,

shank with spur for holding the same at one FERNAND HONORE. 

